Adding-machine attachment.



PTENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

P. R. MOBNVRTY. ADDING MACHINE ATTACHMENT,

APPL1OATION ILED FEB. 24, 1906.

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N0. 841,335A PATENTED JAN.15, 1907.

' F. R. MGBERTY.

ADDING MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FBB.24. 1906.

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'Nm 841,335. PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

F. R. MUBERTY.

ADDING MAGHTNE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. 24, 1906.

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No. 841,335. PATENTE@ IAN. l5, 190'?.

' y MUBERTI.

ADDING MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

. APPLICATION IIILED FEB. 24, 1908.

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FRANK It MCBER'IY, OF

. ELECTRIC COMPANY,

ILLINOIS.

EvANsToN,

or oHioAco iLLiNois, A conronATioN or ILLINOIS, ASSlGNOR TO WESTERN ADDING-MACH|NE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. f5, 1907.

Application tiled February 24,1906. Serial No. 302,681.

` T aZLwLm/n/ it may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK R. MCBERTY, a I when said shaft is locked against rotation.

and mounted citizen of the United States, residing at Evanston, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Adding-Machine Attachments, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description.

My invention relates to. intermittentlydriven mechanism, and its object is to provide means for electrically controlling the operation of such mechanism.

My invention is especially applicable for driving the shaft of a calculating-machine or other similar mechanism having a reciprocatory motion.

My invention contemplates means for driving and automatically controlling the operation of a shaft having a reciprocatory niotion-sueh, for example, as the shaft of a calculating-machine- In the preferred form of my invention I provide said shaft with a crank-,arm connected by a rod toa driven wheel or crank which makes one complete revolution for each momentary depression of a finger-key. This driven wheel is itself rigidly connected to a shaft which, in turn, is driven by a motor through a system of gears. The circuits the motor are automatically controlled by`four cams which are also rigidly connected to the shaft of said driven wheel. These cams open and close the contacts of four switches which control the circuits of the motor. Said cams are so constructed on the shaft that the switches are opened and closed periodically with a see uence which starts the motor as soon as the finger-key is operated and cuts off the power to the same when the driven wheel has trav` eled a ceniain period of a revolution sufficient to allow the inert-ia of the moving parts to restore the driving mechanism, together' with the shaft driven thereby, to their normal or initial positions. To prevent the momentum acquired by the inertia of the moving parts from carrying the crank-arm past the normaler idle position, it is the function of one of the four switches to close a local circuit to the armature after the main-line circuit has been opened by another of the four switches, thus producing a dynamic brake effect and stopping the motor. y

A further feature of my invention consists in means for rendering the driving mechanism inoperative with reference to the shaft My invention also provides for such adjustment ol the parts as to `make the necessary compensations for currents of diflerent voltages. 6o These and other features of my invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, with parts broken away, of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a front end elevation thereof. `igs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are sectional views on the lines 3 3, 4 4, 5 5, and 6 6, respectively, ot Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a-diagrammatic View showing the circuits employed, 7o and Fig. 8 is a diagram showing the relation of the crank-,wheel to the operation of the cam mechanism.

Similar characters of reference referto similar parts throughout the different views.

T he device shown in thil drawings is mounted in a convenient position for attachment to the rock-shaft- 1-as, for example, the driving-shaft of a lcalculating-machine. Such machine is of the usual construction in which said rock-shaft constitutes theme/ans for operating the calculating and recording mechanism, and in sie doing rocks through an angle of approximately fo1'ty'live degrees and back again toits initial position. It has been customary to provide caleulatingi11a chilies with auiomat ic means for locking the driving-shaft iinder certain conditions-ns, for example, when in the use of single sheets. of paper the emi of time sheet has been reached and there remains no paper to record the operation. A machine of this elmracter is shown in the United States patent tol). E. Felt, No. 694,955, granted March 12, 1h02. I

Keyed uponthe end of the shaft 1 is one en d of a crank-arm 2, the other end of said crank boing piYotally connected to a rod 3, one end of which is in turn pivoted eccentrically at 4a upon the crank-wheel 4. Said wheel is keyed upon the end of a shaft 5, which has bearings in brackets 6, mounted upon a suitable frame. The other end of shaft 5 has keyed thereon a spur-wheel 7, which meshes with a pinion 8 on the end of the armature-shaft of the motor M. It is apparent, therefore, that when the motor- IOC ' armature is rotated the pinion S drives the Wheel 7, rotating shaft 5 and the crank-wheel 4, sha

hich throu h rod 3 and arm 2 rocks the t-1 throug an angle of a proximately forty-five degrees during the st-half ofa revolution of Wheel 4 and back to its initial position during the remaining half of a complete -revolution Cams 9, 10, 1'1, and 12 are mounted upon the shaft 5 to rotatel therewith and control the operation of switches 9, 10a, 11a, and 12a, respectively, located underneath and in close roxiinity to the cams, and thereby open and c ose the contacts 9", 10b, 11b, and 12b, respectively. the shaft 5 and are held in their adjusted position by any suitable means-as, for example, by setscreWs-as shown in Fig. l.

ln the drawings the parts are shown in their normal or idle positions with the conta/cts 9b held closed by the cani 9, the circuit of the motor being open, however, at switch S, as shown in Fig. 7. The cams are so proortioned and designed that, referring to ig. 8, when the point 4'l at which the rod 3 is pivoted to the Wheel 4 is in its normal position in the line h the contacts 9b, as above stated, are clod, the remaining contacts being open. Considering a complete revolution of the wheel 4 and the corresponding action of the cams in operating their respec tive switches, it may be noted that the contacts 9b are closed during the rotation of the Wheel from position 7i to position d, at which latter position said contacts are open and are not again closed 'until at'the position c, when the Wheel has almost completed its revolution. Cam l0A closes contacts 10b between positions d and e, cam l1 holds contacts .l 1b

. closed between positions la and @,and cam l2 closes contacts 12"' only between positions f and g.

Referring to Fig. 7, when the operator depresses the ingenkeys and closes switch S a circuit is closed through the motor, Wllich circuit may be traced asfollows: from the plus; line through contacts 9b, switch S, contact s',

- resistance R, point p, motor-armature to noted that before lthe minus-line.

At the saine time a branch circuit 4is closed from switch S through conltact s2, point p', field-winding F to minusine. Wheel 4 passes from position k. lt may be the wheel 4V reaches position d-namely, at position b-the fieldswitch 11L is closed by cam ll ,the contacts 1lb remaining closed for almost the whole revolution of said Wheel, being opened again at lwsition o, When position d is reached, the contacts HY are closed, and immediately thereafter contacts 9ID are opened. The circuit to the motor is as follows'. from the plusline through contacts 10", resistance R, point p, motoxarmature A to the minusline, also from the plus-line through contacts int p', and from thence through the field of the motor to the minusline. The

Said cams are adjustable upon The motorie thus started, and the' circuit is thus closed through the rnotcrnru the rotation of Wheel l from position h to e, at which latter position the circuit is opened at contacts 1Gb. The inertia of the moving arts then carries wheel 4 mature during [around to the initial or idle position 7i. To

insure the stopping of the crank-wheel at said initial position, contacts 12b are closed by cam 12 when said Wheel reaches position f, thereby completing a local circuit through the armature and producing a dynamic brake eiiect upon the motor, tending to stop the same. Said circuit may be traced from one terminal of the arniat ure-Winding through point p2, contacts l2, point p to the opposite terminal oi' the armature-Winding. This circuit remains closed until position o is reached-that is, suiliciently long to the requisite braking action. By worrying the relative arrangement oi the various earns the opening and closing of the tacts may be varied to produce the most reif ficient Working conditions, and also to conipensate 'for the use of dierent voltages. In case it is desired to repeat a record it is only necessary for the operator to hold his :linger on the key until the calculating and recording are aciximplished as many times as ore I desired. However, when the ke s is held depressed a circuit is complete from the plusline throuvh contacts 11b, contact e2, through the bridge oi' switch S to of, resistance R, contacts 12b, point ,ci to the minus-line. The main object. therefore, olf resistance R is to prevent a short circuit on the line when the above-descrihed'ciniuit is completed.` Said resistance R adf justment in the system by giving a certain speed1eduction to the motor.

l have made provision for the locktal condition o shaft l, previouslyreierred to, so

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that injury to the parts will not result thered from. For this purpose maire the connes- I tion 3 a yielding one. Said connection preierably consists of a tubular member 3* and a rod 3, connected by a still coiled spring 3. Said spring is carried upon the lower end ci a rod 3b between an adjustable nut 3d on the end of said rod, and the collar?,Q secured in the end of the tube 3a and through which the rod passes. Under normal operation oi the machine the spring to give, and hence the arrn 2 is lactuated to. rock shaft l. If, however, the shaft l locked, the cranknrm 2 is not free to inlove, and hence the additional pull on the spring 3 causes it to yield suficiently to perznitthe rotation of the Wheel l Without any movenicn of crank-arm 2. I

Briefly, the operation of my driving medianism isas follows: When it is desired to aetuate the recording mechanism of the calc-nlating-machine, the finger-key s is tarily depressed, thus' closing switch S and completing a circuit through the motor-ar- 3 is sufficiently stiff not l itz 5 shaft causes the prior to. the completion of a alf-revolution plnion 8, ke'yed thereon, to

opened, thereby o ening the .circuit of the motor-armature. uring'the second half of the revolution of wheel 4 the closing of a lo-v cal circuit through contacts 11b andv4 12b and the armature-tends to -retard the rotation of the armature, the parts being adjusted, hcwever, so that the momentum acquired is just sufficient to restore them to their normal positions. If for any reason the shaft is locked so that the crank 2 cannot be operated, the pull upon the rod 3h Will overcome the tension of spring 3, which will give sufiiciently topermit the rotation of wheel 4 without any conse uent movement of crank-arm 2. If desirefl, a retractile spring 1"1L may be used to return the shaft 1 to lts normal position, the use of each spring being well known in connection with calculating-machines. When such a spring is used, it is obvious that the motor drives the shaft against the force of the s ring, and the closure of the short circuit uring the return of the shaft to its initial position acts as a brake.

l, In an intermittently-driven mechanism, the combination with a motor, of gear driven thereby, a series of inde endently-ad justable cams actuated by saicfJ gear, switching mechanism in the motor-circuit controlled by said cam mechanism, and a drivingfshaft for said intermittently-drivenmechanism operated by said gear.

2. The combination With an intermittently-driven shaft, of a motor and a circuit therefor, a short circuit of said motor, gear connection between said motorand shaft; and cam mechanism for automatically o ening' the motor-circuit and closing said s ort circuit at predetermined points in the operation of said gear.

3. The combination. with an intermittently-driven shaft, of. a gear-wheel for operating the same, a motor for driving said gearwheel, a circuit for said motor including a source of current, a short, circuit of the motor, and a series of cams for opening said firstnamed circuit-and closing said short circuit when said gear-wheel has completed part of a revolution.

4. The combination with an intermittently-driven shaft, of a gear-Wheel for operating the same, a motor for driving said gear-Wheel, a circuit for said motor including a source of current, a' localcircuit for the motor,and adjustable cam mechanism for opening said first-named circuit and closing said second circuit when' saidgear-Wheel has completed part of a revolution.

' 5. The combination with an intermittently-driven shaft, of a motor and a circuit therefor, a crank driven by the motor, gear connection between said crank and shaft, cam mechanism controlled by said gear, switchingrv mechanism in t e motor-circuit automatically opened by'said cam mechanism after a partial rotation ofthe crank, and a local circuit through the motor-armature including a switch automatically closed after a partial rotation of the crank, whereby said local circuit acts as a dynamic brake.v

` 6. The combination with an intermittently-driven shaft, of a motor and a circuit therefor, a short circuitof said motor, gear driven b v the motor for driving said shaft, adjustab e cam mechanism arried by said gear, and switching mechan sm in' said'circuits adapted to be operated by said cam mechanism at predetermined points in the operation of said gear.

7. The combination with an intermittentlydriven shaft, of a motor, a crank driven thereby, and a yielding connection between said crank and shaft, whereby the driving operation of the crank is not transmitted to the shaft when said shaft is locked.

8. The combination with an intermittently-driven shaft, of a motor, a crank driven thereby, a crank carried by said driven shaft, and ayielding connection between said cranks, whereby the driving operation of said motor-driven crank is not transmitted to said other crank when the driven shaft is locked.

9. In an intermittently-driven mechanism, a motor-armature and circuit therefor, a feld-magnet and circuit therefor, a switch connecting the Lcircuits of the armature and fields with a source of current, and a switch for closing a short circuit of the armature, said switch being operated by the shaft of the armature in its rotation.

1Q.. In an intermittently-driven mechanism, t motor-armature and circuit therefor, a field-magnet and circuit therefor, a switch connecting the circuits of the armature and fields with a source of current, and switching mechanism operated by the shaft of the armature at predetermined points to disconnect the armature from the source of supply and short-circuit said armature. 'I 1l. In an intermittently-driven mechanism, a motor-armature and circuit therefor, a field-magnet and circuit therefor, a switch connecting the circuits of the armature and fields with a source of current, switch-contacts adapted to short-circuit the armature,

means connected with the armature for closing the contacts to short-circuit said arma- IOO IIG

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